Re:Why super-smart people may be drawn to a life of crime
by Pitarou on Thursday March 09, 2017 @04:27PM
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> Einstein is only 160
I don't believe Einstein is ever recorded as having taken an IQ test.
In any case, IQ scores quickly lose their meaning when you get to 160 or above. Try taking a physical fitness test designed to make fine distinctions across the general population, and extending it to Olympic athletes. The athletes would just laugh at you.
> Which is under 1% of the population, especially in US where the average IQ is 98. ... I wonder why you feel the need to down-play the smartness of that group with your first and last sentence.
It's the use of words like "super-smart" that bugs me.
A US male in the top height percentile would be about 6'4". Tall, but no André the giant.
I don't believe Einstein is ever recorded as having taken an IQ test.
In any case, IQ scores quickly lose their meaning when you get to 160 or above. Try taking a physical fitness test designed to make fine distinctions across the general population, and extending it to Olympic athletes. The athletes would just laugh at you.
> Which is under 1% of the population, especially in US where the average IQ is 98. ... I wonder why you feel the need to down-play the smartness of that group with your first and last sentence.
It's the use of words like "super-smart" that bugs me.
A US male in the top height percentile would be about 6'4". Tall, but no André the giant.